Valorant 5.12 patch notes - agent abilities changes, gameplay system and weapon upgrades, bug fixes, more

Valorant 5.12 patch notes including major Agent abilities changes, gameplay system updates, weapon upgrades, some bug fixes and more have been shared on the PBE server.

Valorant 5.12 patch notes

Recently, players got a new Valorant Abyssal skin bundle along with Patch 5.10 which additionally brought some major Cypher Buff, minor agent abilities changes, and some bug fixes in the game.

Agent abilities adjustments are the main topic of the 5.12 PBE Patch Notes. To make the Chamber and Brimstone better suited for team plays, Riot is making some significant adjustments to them. Some gameplay system and weapon updates are also being made by Riot in addition to these significant upgrades. In the 5.12 PBE, a few bug fixes for Viper and Sova is also evaluated.

The complete VALORANT 5.12 PBE Notes can be found below.

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Agent changes

The VALORANT character design team is constantly discussing the state of the Agent meta and wanted to make some changes to sharpen some of our Agents and role definitions.

Riot Games made the decision to boost the ante with the subsequent patch after a great 5.10 update. As a result, Chamber, a beloved agent, is finally receiving some long-overdue upgrades in VALORANT PBE version 5.12. His entire arsenal is receiving some major changes.

Brimstone received small nerfs on the other side that will bring him more in line with other controllers. This PBE patch includes bug patches and quality-of-life enhancements in addition to Chamber and Viper.

Valorant 5.12 Patch - AGENT UPDATES

CHAMBER

It has been made known that the Chamber will undergo significant changes with the Valorant 5.12 patch. Massive changes will be made to all of his skills. While Chamber's Headhunter and Tour De Force will get severe nerfs, his Rendezvous and Trademark will undergo entire changes.

Headhunter (Q)

Updated Stability Curve

Spread increased after 2nd bullet, when spamming. This is explicitly meant to reduce low-precision body-shot spam as an effective combat measure at range.

Rendezvous (E)

Chamber now places a single anchor that can be teleported to while inside its range

Radius increased 7.5m ⇒ 13m

Removed teleport activation height restriction

You can teleport to the Anchor while on different verticality so long as you are within its radius.

Increased weapon equip time after teleporting 0.4s ⇒ 0.7s

Headhunter is unaffected by this change.

Destroying Rendezvous teleport anchor now disables it for the remainder of the round, instead of being placed on a cooldown.
Chamber no longer incurs an additional cooldown when recalling his Anchor after teleporting.
Health decreased 80 ⇒ 50

Trademark (C)

The trap is now range restricted

Trademark will disable when Chamber moves out of range, and reactivate once he is inside.

Can now be recalled mid-round without line of sight
30s cooldown on recall
Destruction remains permanent
Initial Arm Time increased 2s ⇒ 4s
Health Increased 1 ⇒ 20

Tour De Force (X)

Fire rate decreased by 57.5%

Slow

This applies to both Trademark and Tour De Force

Reduced duration 6s ⇒ 4s

While Chamber is receiving the major change, devs have detailed a few other Agent changes as well, stating, "We raised the health of 1hp destructible so they are not instantly vaporized—but may still be destroyed by one-shot in most circumstances. Affect-over-time area abilities (like Brimstone's Incendiary and Viper's Snakebite) now damage enemy utility (learn more in the Gameplay Systems Updates)."

Chamber's remained a dominant pick and we need to strike the right balance between preserving his identity and maintaining VALORANT’s game health. So we're making changes to most of his abilities in Patch 5.12. See our breakdown:https://t.co/6HaVTsPtJJ pic.twitter.com/imeyNG129O
— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) December 1, 2022

The following are the Valorant 5.12 Agent kit changes:

Breach

Rolling Thunder (X)

Ultimate Points increased 7 ⇒ 8

Cypher

Trapwire (C)

Health increased 1 ⇒ 20

Fade

Prowler (C)

Health decreased 100 ⇒ 60

Harbor

High Tide (E)

Duration increased 12s ⇒ 15s

Cascade (C)

Duration increased 5s ⇒ 7s

KAY/0

ZERO/POINT (E)

Health increased 1 ⇒ 20

NULL/cmd (C)

Ultimate points increased 7 ⇒ 8

Killjoy

Lockdown (X)

Health increased 150 ⇒ 200

Nanoswarm (C)

Health increased 1 ⇒ 20

Omen

Paranoia (Q)

Cost decreased 300 ⇒ 250

Phoenix

Blaze (C)

Cost decreased 200 ⇒ 150

Raze

Boom Bot (C)

Health decreased 100 ⇒ 60

Blast Pack (Q)

Health increased 1 ⇒ 20

Sage

Barrier Orb (C)

Fortify delay increased 3.0s ⇒ 3.3s

Healing Orb (E)

Self heal total amount decreased 60HP ⇒ 30HP
Ally heal total amount increased 60HP⇒ 100HP

Sova

Recon Bolt (E)

Health increased 1 ⇒ 20

Skye

Trailblazer (Q)

Cost increased 250 ⇒ 300

Regrowth (C)

Cost decreased 200 ⇒ 150

Viper

Viper’s Pit (X)

Smoke integrity regen time 5.0 ⇒ 25.0
Max time out of smoke decreased 15.0 ⇒ 8.0
Ultimate points required 7 ⇒ 8

Yoru

Gatecrash (E)

Health decreased 100 ⇒ 60
Cost decreased 200 ⇒ 150

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Gameplay System Update

Assist Tail Tuning

Assist tails are the “grace period” duration after a debuff has expired where a player will still be awarded an assist for debuffing the killed target.

Concuss, Nearsight, Detained

Assist tail increased 2s ⇒ 3s

Exiting Smokes

Assist tail increased 1s ⇒ 2s

Slow

Assist tail increased 1s ⇒ 2s

Suppression

Added new 3s assist tail

Damage Interaction Updates

Abilities that output damage will now universally damage enemy objects that can be damaged. Exceptions are made for Skye Trailblazer & Cypher Trapwire that only deal damage to players.

We want to ensure that abilities are interacting in a consistent manner across the board. We want you to spend time thinking about how to approach utility in-game, rather than wondering if you can in the first place.

Brimstone

Incendiary now damages:

Killjoy Nanoswarm
Killjoy Alarmbot
Killjoy Lockdown
Cypher Trapwire
Raze Blast Pack
Sova Recon Bolt
Reyna Leer
Sage Barrier Orb
KAY/0 Knife
Chamber Trademark
Chamber Rendezvous
Fade Prowler

Orbital Strike now damages:

Chamber Rendezvous

Phoenix

Hothands bow damages:

Cypher Trapwire
Killjoy Nanoswarm
Killjoy Alarmbot
Killjoy Lockdown
Raze Blast Pack
Reyna Leer
Sage Barrier Orb
Sova Recon Bolt
Fade Prowler
KAY/0 Knife
Chamber Trademark
Chamber Rendezvous

Blaze now damages:

Cypher Trapwire
Killjoy Nanoswarm
Killjoy Alarmbot
Killjoy Lockdown
Raze Blast Pack
Reyna Leer
Sage Barrier Orb
Sova Recon Bolt
Fade Prowler
KAY/0 Knife
Yoru Fakeout
Chamber Trademark
Chamber Rendezvous

KAY/0

FRAG/MENT: KAY/0 now has a voiceover that tells his allies the number of enemies suppressed when the knife hits.
ZERO/POINT now damages:

Fade Prowler

Killjoy

Nanoswarm now damages:

Cypher Trapwire
Killjoy Nanoswarm
Killjoy Alarmbot
Killjoy lockdown
Raze Blast Pack
Reyna Leer
Sage Barrier Orb
Sova Recon Bolt
Chamber Trademark
Chamber Rendezvous
Fade Prowler
KAY/0 Knife

Raze

Blast Pack

Now damages:

Fade Prowler

Paint Shells

Now damages:

Fade Prowler

Sova

Shock Bolt

Now damages:

Fade Prowler

Hunters Fury

Now damages:

Raze Satchel
Reyna Leer
Fade Prowler
Chamber Rendezvous

Viper

Snakebite

Now damages:

Cypher Trapwire
Killjoy Nanoswarm
Killjoy Alarmbot
Killjoy lockdown
Raze Blast Pack
Reyna Leer
Sage Barrier Orb
Skye Seekers
Sova Recon Bolt
Chamber Trademark
Chamber Rendezvous
Fade Prowler
KAY/0 Knife

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Damage Multiplier Updates

The devs have decided against using damage multipliers because damage-over-time area abilities are now useful for all damage types. These abilities deal area damage spread out over a big area and deal a lot of damage over their time. To prevent the instantaneous annihilation of enemy utility and to guarantee abilities with larger health, like Sage Barrier Orb, maintain their pertinent impact, we have decreased their non-player output to 50% of basic damage.

Breach

Aftershock now deals 250% ⇒ 100% damage to non-players

Brimstone

Incendiary now deals 100% ⇒ 50% damage to non-players

KAY/0

Fragment now deals 250% ⇒ 100% damage to non-players

Killjoy

Nanoswarm now deals 100% ⇒ 50% damage to non-players

Phoenix

Hot Hands now deals 100% ⇒ 50% damage to non-players

Raze

Blast Pack now deals 1200% ⇒ 250% damage to non-players
Paint Shells now deals 100% ⇒ 250% damage to non-players
Boom Bot now deals 100% ⇒ 250% damage to non-players

Viper

Snake Bite now deals 100% ⇒ 50% damage to non-players

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Allied Ability Damage Immunity

The following abilities are now immune to allied damage:

Chamber

Rendezvous
Trademark

Cypher

Spycam

Fade

Prowler
Haunt

KAY/0

ZERO/POINT

Killjoy

Alarmbot
Lockdown

Raze

Blastpack
Boom Bot

Skye

Seekers
Trailblazer

Sova

Owl Drone
Recon Bolt

Yoru

Gatecrash
Fakeout

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Weapon Updates

Spectre

Added a third damage range to the Spectre and updated distances. New distances and body shot damage are:

0-15m, 26 damage.
15m-30m, 22 damage.
30m+, 20 damage.

For reference, the old ranges and damages were:

0-20m, 26 damage.
20m+, 22 damage.

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Phoenix would not be decayed by Viper for a short period after dying during Run It Back while decayed.
Fixed an issue where Cypher wasn’t able to place Trapwires on the glass panels by the yellow crate on Icebox.
Fixed a bug where enemy Spycams or Turrets could trigger Cypher’s Trapwires.
Fixed a bug where enemy knives could not damage Chamber’s Rendezvous teleport anchor.
Fixed a bug where Boom Bot would explode on contact with Yoru’s Gatecrash beacons.

Not only Valorant patch 5.12, but we also got info on the next Valorant PBE patches. It has been revealed that PBE invite frequency has changed. Instead of a singular invite wave going out to a small number of eligible players once every PBE patch, it will now be once every OTHER PBE patch.

This started with the 4.10 patch, and as per the given info, the date of the next invite wave/chance to join Valo Patch 6.0 on January 6.

However, it was additionally mentioned that this PBE schedule is subject to change depending on what type of patch is going out and it is not completely set in stone.

The PBE is still going on. There have been no new changes to the Patch Notes 5.12 PBE as of yet. We'll update you as soon as we learn of any changes to the upcoming Patch Notes 5.12 PBE.

Obviously, these changes seem interesting, hence, those who are early waiting to see the Valorant agent abilities changes, bug fixes, and more should keep their eyes on the official announcement as Valorant patch 5.12 is set to release soon.

We'll keep you up to date on the latest Valorant news so, keep visiting for more details.

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Valorant 5.12 patch notes - agent abilities changes, gameplay system and weapon upgrades, bug fixes, more

Valorant 5.12 patch notes including major Agent abilities changes, gameplay system updates, weapon upgrades, some bug fixes and more have been shared on the PBE server.

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Agent changes

Valorant 5.12 Patch - AGENT UPDATES

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Gameplay System Update

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Damage Multiplier Updates

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Allied Ability Damage Immunity

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Weapon Updates

Valorant 5.12 Patch - Bug Fixes

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